"hélas" meaning in Français

See hélas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: ^((h aspiré))\e.las\, ^((h muet))\e.las\, ^((h aspiré))\e.las\, ^((h muet))\e.las\, e.las, e.lɑs, e.las, ^((h aspiré))\e.la\ Audio: Fr-hélas.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-hélas.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-hélas.wav
  1. Marque l’affliction, le regret ou la déception ; exprime une plainte.
    Sense id: fr-hélas-fr-intj-e2~HxgYq
  2. Marque le désespoir ou l’impuissance.
    Sense id: fr-hélas-fr-intj-~MSf1L~5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alas [obsolete], las [obsolete], malheureusement Translations: aag (Afrikaans), ach (Allemand), leider (Allemand), alas (Anglais), damned (Anglais), mavrone (Anglais), للأسف (lel assaf) (Arabe), ai (Basque), siwazh (Breton), ai (Catalan), ai las (Catalan), elas (Créole haïtien), ay (Espagnol), ve (Espéranto), αλίμονο (alímono) (Grec), ἰατταταί (iattataí) (Grec ancien), oimmèna (Griko), ve (Ido), ahimè (Italien), purtroppo (Italien), kaxe (Kotava), eheu (Latin), helaas (Néerlandais), jammer (Néerlandais), ai (Occitan), oi (Occitan), ailàs (Occitan), pecaire (Occitan), paure (Occitan), paubre (Occitan), اَه (Persan), biada (Polonais), ai (Portugais), din păcate (Roumain), увы (uvy) (Russe), vuoi (Same du Nord), maskini (Shingazidja), ihì (Sicilien), ivì (Sicilien), misifaf'a (Solrésol)

Noun

IPA: ^((h aspiré))\e.las\, ^((h muet))\e.las\, ^((h aspiré))\e.las\, ^((h muet))\e.las\, e.las, e.lɑs, e.las, ^((h aspiré))\e.la\ Audio: Fr-hélas.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-hélas.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-hélas.wav
  1. Interjection « Hélas ! ». Tags: familiar, obsolete
    Sense id: fr-hélas-fr-noun-vjVtoPic Categories (other): Termes désuets en français, Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: ^((h aspiré))\e.la\, ^((h aspiré))\e.las\, ^((h muet))\e.las\, e.las, e.lɑs, e.las, ^((h aspiré))\e.la\ Audio: Fr-hélas.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-hélas.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-hélas.wav Forms: tu hélas [past]
  1. Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe héler. Form of: héler
    Sense id: fr-hélas-fr-verb-5NmGRs3q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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          "ref": "Jules Michelet, Du prêtre, de la femme, de la famille, 3ᵉ édition, Hachette & Paulin, 1845, Préface de la 3ᵉ édition, page xx",
          "text": "Je ne parlerai pas ici des couvents qui se font maison de force, des affaires de Sens, Avignon, Poitiers, ni des suicides qui ont eu lieu, hélas! bien plus près de nous."
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          "ref": "Georges Larouche, Val-Menaud, page 100, 1952",
          "text": "Hélas mon corps habite la boule ronde qui flotte et tourne parmi les mondes."
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          "ref": "Mireille Estivalès, La fin de la culture religieuse, Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2023, page 141",
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          "ref": "Victor Hugo, Actes et paroles — Avant l’exil, chapitre Le Droit et la Loi, 1875, page 34",
          "text": "Apaisement! apaisement! Hélas! nous écoutera-t-on?"
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      "word": "las"
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      "word": "ve"
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      "lang": "Grec",
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      "word": "αλίμονο"
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      "word": "ve"
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      "lang": "Italien",
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      "word": "ahimè"
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      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "purtroppo"
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      "lang": "Kotava",
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      "word": "kaxe"
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "eheu"
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      "word": "helaas"
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      "word": "jammer"
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "oi"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "pecaire"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "paure"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "paubre"
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      "lang_code": "fa",
      "word": "اَه"
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "biada"
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      "word": "ai"
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      "word": "din păcate"
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      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "uvy",
      "word": "увы"
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      "lang": "Same du Nord",
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      "word": "vuoi"
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      "lang_code": "zdj",
      "word": "maskini"
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      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ihì"
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      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ivì"
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      "lang": "Solrésol",
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      "ipa": "^((h aspiré))\\e.la\\"
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    "form-of"
  ],
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}
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  "categories": [
    "Interjections en français",
    "Lemmes en français",
    "Noms communs en français",
    "Traductions en afrikaans",
    "Traductions en allemand",
    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en arabe",
    "Traductions en basque",
    "Traductions en breton",
    "Traductions en catalan",
    "Traductions en créole haïtien",
    "Traductions en espagnol",
    "Traductions en espéranto",
    "Traductions en grec",
    "Traductions en grec ancien",
    "Traductions en griko",
    "Traductions en ido",
    "Traductions en italien",
    "Traductions en kotava",
    "Traductions en latin",
    "Traductions en néerlandais",
    "Traductions en occitan",
    "Traductions en persan",
    "Traductions en polonais",
    "Traductions en portugais",
    "Traductions en roumain",
    "Traductions en russe",
    "Traductions en same du Nord",
    "Traductions en shingazidja",
    "Traductions en sicilien",
    "Traductions en solrésol",
    "français"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "XIIᵉ siècle, elas ; composé de hé et de las, au sens ancien de « malheureux »."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "intj",
  "pos_id": "fr-interj-1",
  "pos_title": "Interjection",
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    {
      "word": "hélas, trois fois hélas"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie, 1788",
          "text": "Ô jour affreux! hélas! Tout fut englouti."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jules Michelet, Du prêtre, de la femme, de la famille, 3ᵉ édition, Hachette & Paulin, 1845, Préface de la 3ᵉ édition, page xx",
          "text": "Je ne parlerai pas ici des couvents qui se font maison de force, des affaires de Sens, Avignon, Poitiers, ni des suicides qui ont eu lieu, hélas! bien plus près de nous."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Georges Larouche, Val-Menaud, page 100, 1952",
          "text": "Hélas mon corps habite la boule ronde qui flotte et tourne parmi les mondes."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Mireille Estivalès, La fin de la culture religieuse, Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2023, page 141",
          "text": "L'influence de ces chroniqueurs, qui font état de leurs points de vue personnels sur toutes sortes de sujets, et ne s'embarassent guère de nuances et de subtilités, ni même de connaissances, est hélas! bien réelle auprès des décideurs politiques."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marque l’affliction, le regret ou la déception ; exprime une plainte."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Victor Hugo, Actes et paroles — Avant l’exil, chapitre Le Droit et la Loi, 1875, page 34",
          "text": "Apaisement! apaisement! Hélas! nous écoutera-t-on?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marque le désespoir ou l’impuissance."
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "^((h muet))\\e.las\\"
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    {
      "ipa": "^((h aspiré))\\e.las\\"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "alas"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "word": "malheureusement"
    }
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    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "aag"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "ach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "leider"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "alas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "damned"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "mavrone"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "lel assaf",
      "word": "للأسف"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "siwazh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "ai las"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Créole haïtien",
      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "elas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "ay"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "ve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Grec",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "alímono",
      "word": "αλίμονο"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Grec ancien",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "iattataí",
      "word": "ἰατταταί"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Griko",
      "lang_code": "griko",
      "word": "oimmèna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "word": "ve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "ahimè"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "purtroppo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kotava",
      "lang_code": "avk",
      "word": "kaxe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "eheu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "helaas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "jammer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "oi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "ailàs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "pecaire"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "paure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "paubre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persan",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "word": "اَه"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "biada"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "din păcate"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "uvy",
      "word": "увы"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "vuoi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shingazidja",
      "lang_code": "zdj",
      "word": "maskini"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ihì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ivì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Solrésol",
      "lang_code": "solrésol",
      "word": "misifaf'a"
    }
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}

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    "Interjections en français",
    "Lemmes en français",
    "français"
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    "Par substantivation de l’interjection."
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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        "Termes familiers en français"
      ],
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          "text": "Il fit de grands hélas."
        },
        {
          "text": "Voyez le bel hélas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Interjection « Hélas ! »."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "obsolete"
      ]
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    },
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    "Lemmes en français",
    "français"
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      "form": "tu hélas",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_id": "fr-flex-verb-1",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
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    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "héler"
        }
      ],
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        "Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe héler."
      ]
    }
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